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Sunday 11 October 2020European TourYear in Review
Hatton wins BMW PGA Championship
Wentworth Club, Virginia Water, Surrey, England · Thursday 8 to Sunday 11 October 2020 · Tyrrell Hatton’s win no. 5 on the European Tour · purse US$7,000,000 USD · BMW · Rescheduled due to COVID-19; originally scheduled 10–13 September 2020 (Wikipedia, 2020 BMW PGA Championship).
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
10 h 34 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 30° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R116°/7°C · wind 30 km/h WSW, gusts 64 · 2.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R213°/6°C · wind 23 km/h W, gusts 47 · 1.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R313°/5°C · wind 26 km/h W, gusts 54 · 0.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R413°/7°C · wind 17 km/h NW, gusts 39 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Victor Perez FRA · 273was 6 under for his round after 12 holes but finished four shots behind with a 68 2020 BMW PGA Championship – Wikipedia
120 started · cut E, 67 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
BMW PGA Championship
Wentworth Club (West Course), Wentworth Club, Virginia Water, Surrey, England
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Tyrrell Hatton
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ESPN (Reuters wire)
11 October 2020
It's a dream come true for me really,
ESPN (Reuters wire)
11 October 2020
As a five-year-old walking around here I always wanted to be inside the ropes playing when I grew up.
ESPN (Reuters)
11 October 2020
It's a dream come true for me really
ESPN (Reuters)
11 October 2020
It was a career goal to break inside the top 10 in the World Rankings so to win here and achieve that in the same week is very special
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tyrrell Hatton | 66 · 67 · 69 · 67 | 269 | −19 |
| 2 | Victor Perez | 69 · 66 · 70 · 68 | 273 | −15 |
| T3 | Patrick Reed | 70 · 68 · 68 · 68 | 274 | −14 |
| T3 | Andy Sullivan | 71 · 69 · 69 · 65 | 274 | −14 |
| 5 | Ian Poulter | 69 · 70 · 68 · 68 | 275 | −13 |
| 6 | Eddie Pepperell | 67 · 70 · 70 · 69 | 276 | −12 |
| T7 | Matthew Fitzpatrick | 67 · 65 · 76 · 69 | 277 | −11 |
| T7 | Joachim B Hansen | 68 · 67 · 70 · 72 | 277 | −11 |
| T7 | Renato Paratore | 73 · 69 · 68 · 67 | 277 | −11 |
| T10 | Scott Hend | 68 · 69 · 73 · 68 | 278 | −10 |
| T10 | Martin Kaymer | 73 · 68 · 69 · 68 | 278 | −10 |
| T10 | Marcus Kinhult | 72 · 67 · 71 · 68 | 278 | −10 |
The golfer
born 1991-10-14, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England; ENG; turned pro 2011; age 28 that week; tour wins to date: 5; majors to date: 0; world No. 15 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by owgr.com player profile).
What’s in the bag
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